The Lightweight Wayland Desktop Environment (LWDE) distribution is now available, providing a pre-configured and ready-to-use desktop based on the Labwc composite server. The distribution is built on the Ubuntu 24.04 package base using its own repository. The project may be useful for enthusiasts who want to create their own environment for switching from LXDE to environments using Wayland. A build for the amd64 architecture (1.1 GB) is available for download.
The distribution environment is built on the basis of GTK3, a composite Server Labwc (Lab Wayland Compositor) offers features reminiscent of the Openbox window manager, the Sfwbar panel, and the spacefm file manager. The distribution includes a minimal number of packages—recommended applications are offered for installation during setup using the Calamares installer.
Assembly features:
- Suitable for hardware with limited resources (consumes 213 MB of RAM after startup)
- Used patched Labwc with window switcher that supports preview.
- Additional sfwbar widgets: network monitoring, temperature, keyboard layout.
- Thanks to the built-in Sfwbar widgets for configuring Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and sound, it was possible to get rid of heavy components such as NetworkManager, Blueman and Pavucontrol. The configuration is performed via the corresponding indicators in Sfwbar.
- The spacefm file manager has been updated with plugins that implement a recycle bin and an interface for mounting without using gvfs.
- Missing GUI elements are written in bash + Yad or Gtkdialog. Most elements are localized using gettext.
Source: opennet.ru
